Water supply for automobile radiators



J. F. MORRIS WATERl SUPPLY -FoR AUTOMOBILE RADIAToRs Sept. 11, 192s.

Filed March 25, 1926y ...ril :r

INVENTOI. Cfop/I. Morra?,

A TTORNEYS Patented Sept. 11, 1,928.

UNITED s'rwr g 1,683,9i1 YTE'NT OFFICE.

" "WATER fsur'rrrr FORUAUTOMOBILE' RADiA'roRs.

:Application-filed March 25,1926."Seria1 No. 97,214.

`The object ofmy invention is to'produce a device for dispensing water, which can be erected out-fof doorsf atapoint convenlent to access byl automobiledrivers, the construction beingfsuch that the above ground conduits will lbe automatically drained after each usesofas to obviate danger of injury by freezing.

The accompanying'drawings illustrate my invention. .f j j l Y Fig. 1` is vertical section of an embodimentof my invention; v

2ffis 'an enlarged lvertical section of the lower valve structure, and

Fig." 3ds an enlarged sectional detail of a convenient form of valvenozzle.

In' the drawings 10 indicates a below- -ground supply pipe to which is secured, 'at a point below normal freezing levels. ak vertically arranged cylinder 11 providedvwith 'a packing gland 12'at its upper end. Mount- 'ed within the' cylinderllA is a valve-seat tube y13 `whichis projected through the. packing* gland and formed atvits upper end for connection to a pipe 14. 'lhe'lower endot tube l is formed into a valve seat 15 adapted` to co-operate with vva valve reciprocably jmounted'within a supportVlT mountedin the lower end vof the cylinder, a spring 18 being;` provided to'nOrmally urge the valve 16 to the'upper limit of its movement. The valve 16 may be supported within cylinder 11 in any desired manner and a convenient way is to provide it with a stem 19 which projects upwardly into the bore of tube 13k and is centralized by a spider 20. Formed in the circumference of tube 13 at a point always within cylinder 11 is an annular groove 21 which communicates with the bore of tube 13 through one or more passages 22. Registering with the lowest position of groove 21 is a drain passage 23 formed through the wall of cylinder 11. The upper end of pipe 14 is vertically reciprocable through a bearing 25 in a housing 26 and secured to the upper end of said pipe' is a winding drum 27 upon which lis wound a flexible hose 28, the inner end of said hose connecting with the upper end of pipe 14 by means of a radial pipe 29, and the upper or outer end of said hose being projected through an opening 30 in the housing. Mounted in the housing is a vertical threaded stem 35 threaded into an axial nut 36 carried by the drum, the pitch oit the thread being substantially the same as the pitch of the hose on the drum, the arrangement being such that, as the hose is drawn outwardly the drumr will riseso as to'keep the remaining portion of the hose'in" substantial alignment with the opening 30 and so as ytodi-aw the valve seat 15 away from valve 16. It will be readily understood that the pitch ofl screw 35 need only besulicient to cause the necessary movement of valve seat 15 relative to valve 16 but that it is more convenient to have the pitch substantially cor-respond with the pitch of the hose on vthe drum.

Secured to vthe Aouter end of the yhose is a. delivery nozzle Ll() which is preferably oit the self-closing type and providedwith an .cperating lever /11 which, when the hose is fully retracted, will engage the housing and operate to open the valve` in the nozzle.

ln 'order to insure the automatic opening of the nozzle valve a Counter-weight 47 may be mounted iithin the'housing' and connected to the drum by a cable 4S in such man-l vner as to rotate the drum to wind the 'hose u p. #In operation the drain passages 22v and 25?are norm'aly-iu `registry and the valve of thenozzle is open so that all liquid above ythe -level ofv the drain passages 22 will be drained out. f

lVhen the nozzle is grasped and the hose drawn outwardly from the housing, valve seat 15 will be drawn upwardly and, as soon as further movement of valve 16 is prevent-i` ed, will be drawn away 'from the valve so as to permit a How of water from the supply pipe upwardly `.into pipe 1 4 and hose 28. -W'hen the nozzle is released the counterweight' will cause a reverse yrotation of the drum and consequent retraction of the hose and when lever 41 engages the housing the valve of the nozzle will be withdrawn from its seat so as to permit air to How into the nozzle and consequently permit the water within the hose and pipe 14 to drain downwardly vthrough the drainage passages 22 and 23. i

. I claim as my invention:

1. A liquid dispensing apparatus comprising a supplypipe, aflexible delivery pipe,

a` drum upon which Said flexible pipe yis I tese fordr'aining said supply pipe controlled by the rotation of said drum and means dependent upon drum rotation for controlling the reverse outflow from the flexible deliveryY pipe said means comprising a normally closed delivery nozzle and means for automatically opening` said delivery nozzle when' the drainage means is in aetive position.

2. A liquid dispensing device comprising a valve Cylinder having a yieldable valve mounted therein, a valve-seat tube reciproeably mounted in said Cylinder and eo-operating with the yieldable valve thereof, a rotatably mounted drum arranged by its rotation to reciprocate said valve seat tube, a delivery tube Wound on said drum, oonneeted With said valve-seat tube and having delivery end movable toward and from a normal position, means dependent upon movement of said delivery end from and toward normal position to move the valveseat tube from and toward its valve.

3,13. liquid dispensing device Compris` ing a valve cylinder, a valve-seat tube reeiproeably mounted in said eylinder and co-operating with the valve thereof, a delivery tubeeonneeted with said'vahieseat tube and having a delivery end movable toward Aand from a normal retracted position, means dependent upon movement of said delivery end from and toward normal position to move the valve-seat tube from and toward its valve, a valved delivery nozzle on the delivery tube, means for automatically opening said delivery nozzle valve when the delivery end of the delivery pipe ris in itsnormal retracted position, and

drainage passages in effective drainage relationship when the dehverv end of the vdelivery tube isin normal* retracted posi- Y tion. Y, y Y

4. Aviator dispensing` apparatus comprising a valve Cylinder' provided with a spring supported valve, a valve-seat tube axially reeiproeable in said cylinder and co-'operating with said valve, a Winding drum con` neeted y to said valve-seat tube to cause rotation thereof, means eo-aeting with said drum to cause axial movement of the tube by rotation of the drum, means to cause reverse rotation of the dru1n,-a iiexible delivery pipe mounted on Vthe kdrum and connected With the tube'and drainage -means for said valve seat tube eontrolledby the reciprocating movement of said tube.

5. A Water dispensing apparatus comprising a valve cylinder provided With'a spring supported valve, a valve-seat tube axially reeiproeable in said cylinder and eo'- operating with said valve, a Winding drum connected to said valve-seat tube to Cause rotation thereof, means (zo-acting with said drum to Cause axialv movement of the tube i i by rotation of the drum, means to Cause rev' e rotation of. the drum, a flexible deliierypipe mounted on the drum` and .rosari-i F. Moniiis.y 

